John Matthew Galwey (1787 or 1788 – 25 March 1842) was an Irish politician. Galwey lived at Duckspool in

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

. He managed the estates of Lord Donoughmore and Lord Cremorne. Galwey stood in the

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as an Irish Repeal candidate in both

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and in

. He narrowly lost the first, but won a seat in the second, as an Irish Repeal candidate. At the

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, he only contested Dungarvan, where he was defeated by a larger margin. He was again unsuccessful there in 1835 and 1837 by-elections, and at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galwey, John Matthew 1780s births 1842 deaths Irish Repeal Association MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) People from County Waterford UK MPs 1832–1835 Year of birth uncertain